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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ...Tier 2 Bursary's which will total 600 for the 2023/2024 academic year.The average annual allocation of the Fund for Students with a Disability funding to the higher education sector is in the region of €7.6 million. I have increased the fund for 2024 by 5% to over €8 million.The Student Assistance Fund has funding of over 19m available for the 2023/2024 academic yearUniversal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...as many vacant properties back into use as possible. There are now a range of schemes and supports in place to support addressing vacancy. Among the measures in the Action Plan, I announced a €150 million Urban Regeneration Development Fund for local authorities to acquire vacant or derelict properties and sites for re-use or sale. The Fund will then be replenished from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to improve healthcare for women across the country. There have been a number of key developments since the establishment of the Women’s Health Taskforce and the Women’s Health Action Plan 2022-23.Contraception: The free contraception scheme for women was launched in September 2022, initially for those aged 17-25. The scheme has been gradually expanded to include women aged 31...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...core target of achieving a 10% reduction in the number of patients breaching the Sláintecare waiting times was exceeded, with an 11% reduction achieved, and the target of removing approximately 1.66 million patients from waiting lists in 2023 was exceeded by 5%. This covers inpatients, day case, outpatients and GI scopes. Since the pandemic peaks there has been a 27%reduction in the...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I will outline our amendment, which states: AN SCEIDEÁL 1. I gCuid 1, Leathanach 6, líne 5 go 8 a scrisadh an méid soe a leanas a chur ina n-ionad: “Admhaíonn an Stát go dtugtar taca don Chomhdhaonnacht, ar taca é nach bhféadfaí leas an phobail a ghnóthú dá éagmais, de...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Residential Premises Rental Income Relief and Mortgage Interest Relief in Budget 2024: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

...owners in giving such a pathetic incentive. It is incumbent upon everybody to remember that housing has a massive impact on people, not only in terms of shelter - tonight the temperature will be -5°C - but also on mental health, dignity, living, relationships, development of communities and employment. Every single aspect of life, including mental health and our health services, is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...may interest you to note that at a policy level, my Department published the National Sustainable Mobility Policy in 2022 which has two particularly relevant high-level goals, namely – Goal 5: Take a whole of journey approach to mobility, promoting inclusive access for all; and Goal 6: Design infrastructure according to Universal Design Principles and the Hierarchy of Road...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Data (17 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As per Sections 27, 28 & 29 of the Finance Act 2020, the carbon tax increased by €7.50 a tonne as part of Budget 2024. The increase on transport fuels was effective from 11 October 2023, while the increase on home heating fuels will not take place until 1 May 2024. In the Programme for Government - Our Shared Future, the Government committed to ring-fence all revenues raised...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (17 Jan 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by the Regulator of the National Lottery that the chances of winning the Lotto jackpot are available on the National Lottery website and are 1 in 10.7 million. This version of the Lotto game commenced in 2015. There are detailed procedures in place to ensure the integrity of every draw and independent observers from KPMG check that each step is followed for each and every draw....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: ...and unencumbered possession of the site is available to the incoming contractor for the new school building. Under Project Ireland 2040, the Department of Education is investing well in excess of €5 billion over the period 2021 to 2025, to add capacity and develop and upgrade school facilities across the country for the almost one million students and over 100,000 staff that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: ... Carlow 6 Cavan 2 Cavan 7 Clare 1 Clare 10 Cork 15 Cork 43 Donegal 2 Donegal 17 Dublin 18 Dublin 80 Galway 6 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Norma Foley: ...an application process as with other STEM initiatives in the past such as the STEM clusters project. When the grant scheme was announced the Department indicated that it had funding of €1.5 million available. There was a phenomenal demand from schools with around 3,000 applications received. Every application received by the deadline of 5 p.m. on 30 November was read and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...looked specifically at the e-charging infrastructure in Ireland as it relates to tourism. The study sought to understand the current position, proposed infrastructure developments in the medium term (3-5 years), gaps and opportunities for car touring with electric vehicles or hybrid, ascertain future trends in terms of technology and range of vehicles and provide a roadmap for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Housing for All. At the Cabinet meeting on 20 December 2023, to ensure the LDA was adequately capitalised to meet the requirements of Housing for All, the government agreed:to commit to the allocation of €1.25 billion additional equity share capital to the LDA from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF). This now brings ISIF equity funding to €2.5bn;to enable the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 930 and 935 together. The Free Travel scheme provides free travel on the main public and private transport services for those eligible under the scheme. There are over one million customers with direct eligibility. The estimated expenditure on free travel in 2024 is €104 million. Since 2017, people moving from certain long-term disability schemes such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (17 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...and this is reflected in a range of policies and legislation, as well as unprecedented increases in Budget allocations. As the Deputy will be aware, in June 2022 I published an ambitious €363 million, five-year, Zero Tolerance Strategy. One of the overarching goals of the Strategy is ensuring that everyone who needs a refuge space will get one and Government has committed to working...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: My department's deferred surrender from 2023 into 2024 amounts to €45.6 million. Details of 2023 spending and savings are currently being compiled and finalised. They will be published by the Comptroller and Auditor General in the 2023 Appropriation Account. The source of the €45.6million is set out in the table below. Subhead Title Amount Carried...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Education (DE) Inspectorate’s Early Years team into a single body that provides integrated care and education inspections. The Tusla Early Years Inspectorate costs in 2023 were approximately €7 million. In 2024, the Tusla Early Years Inspectorate has been allocated approximately €11 million. The majority of this increase is related to the plans to extend...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: €77.95 million is being allocated in Budget 2024 to youth services, an increase of €5 million, or 6.8%, on the 2023 budget. As part of this allocation, €1million is being provided to establish a new Youth Employability Initiative. The aim of the Youth Employability Initiative will be to engage and support young people aged 15 to 24 years who are not currently in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (17 Jan 2024)

Simon Harris: ..., 2022 to 2028. This plan aligns with and builds on the wider ambitions of the Programme for Government to provide accessible, affordable education to all citizens with a mid-plan review in 2025.While higher education institutions are autonomous, the approach of my Department has been to offer a range of supports which enable them to meet national objectives, including those related to...